106, 190, 246, 521-530. See Bible,

Democracy,
Rights, Union.
Imitativeness in American Writings,
38, 41, 54, 119, 130, 135, 162, 167,
170, 173, 181, 184, 196, 224, 228,
247, 253, 258-259, 262, 272, 372,
386-387, 391, 480-481, 483, 489,
491. See Style.

Law, Right and

Independence, Declaration of, see
Declaration.

India, the Empire of, 62, 142, 143.
Indians, American, 31, 32, 73, 186,
274, 505.

Individualism, Growth of, in New
England, 327, 330, 442-444. See
Alcott, Emerson, Thoreau, Trans-
cendentalism, Unitarianism.
Inexperience, the National of Amer-
ica, 34, 37, 55, 77, 116, 130, 136,
153, 218, 279, 287, 327, 359, 362,
384-385, 424, 446, 529. See Den-
sity, Retardation.
Innate ideas, 294, 300, 304.
Instrument of Government, the, 18, 28.
Insularity of Modern England, 62,
64, 69, 139–140. See John Bull.
Irving, Washington, 169-180; 168,
181, 184, 185, 189, 190, 191, 194,
195, 201, 203, 221, 228, 229, 230,
271, 276, 280, 290, 328, 432, 433,
449, 462, 477, 509, 511, 516, 527.
Isabella II., Queen, 169.

AFAYETTE, 115–116.

LA

Lamb, Charles, 67, 69.
Landor, Walter Savage, 67, 69,
197.
Language and Nationality, 3, 8, 18,
28, 82, 106, 521. See Ideals.
Language, the English, 3, 8.
Lanier, Sidney, 481, 486, 491, 495-
499.

Larcom, Lucy, 237.

Law, the English or Common, 8, 14,
17, 18, 19, 30, 46, 61, 62, 63, 64, 70,
74, 82, 106, 108, 109, 116, 142–144,
150, 190, 246, 274, 292, 298, 325,
340, 373, 467, 521–522, 524, 530.
Law, the Profession of, in America,
236, 246, 248-249, 251, 258, 260,
274, 348, 350, 378, 408, 415, 441;
American Men of Letters as Stu-
dents of, 169, 194, 264, 380, 393,
408, 458, 485, 486, 487, 488, 491,
495.
Lectures in America, 247, 313, 314,
315, 317, 325, 330, 456, 459, 511.
Lee, Robert Edward, 151.
Leland, Charles Godfrey, 222.
Lewis, "Monk,” 67, 68, 160, 163.

Liberalism, in New England, 42, 43,
46, 119, 122, 224, 442. See Tran-
scendentalism, Unitarianism.
Liberty, the Ideal of, 273, 443, 467,
530.

"Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity,"
467-468.

Lieber, Francis, 486.

Lincoln, Abraham, 151, 474, 503-504.
Literature defined, 1-3; evolution

of, 5; motives of, 191, 228, 309;
permanent, 315; study and influ-
ence of, in America. See Classics,
Modern Languages.
Literature in America, 9-10, 405,
479; of the Seventeenth Century,
35-43; 55, 119, 190, 246, 523; of
the Eighteenth Century, 78-82;
117-136; 190, 246, 525; of the
Nineteenth Century, 154-518, 526-
530.
Literature, Elizabethan, see English
of the Seventeenth Century.
Literature, English, 4-6; of the
Seventeenth Century, 20-25, 27,
37, 55, 65, 69, 136, 146, 523; of the
Eighteenth Century, 65-69, 136,
146, 173-174, 200-201, 415-416,
524; of the Nineteenth Century,
145-148, 154, 201, 430-431, 526-
529.
Literature, "Queen Anne." See Eng-
lish of the Eighteenth Century.
Literature of the Regency.
See
English of the Nineteenth Cen-
tury.

Literature, Victorian. See English
of the Nineteenth Century.
London, 25.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 378-
392; 206, 209, 222, 296, 350, 376,
377, 393, 394, 395, 396, 397, 398,
406, 418, 425, 426, 430, 438, 489,
528.

Longstreet, Augustus Baldwin, 486.
Lord's Supper, in the New England

Churches, 86, 312-313, 372, 379.
Lounsbury, Thomas Raynesford, his
Life of Cooper, 182, 183.

Lowell, Abbott Lawrence, 149 n.
Lowell, Charles, 393, 442.
Lowell, James Russell, 393-406; 170,
206, 222, 237, 262, 296, 376, 377,
380-381, 414, 415, 418, 425, 426,
430, 438, 465, 489, 509, 528; his
"Biglow Papers," 477, 508, 511;
his "Fable for Critics," 185, 199,
222, 400, 508; his essay on "Tho-
reau," 339.

Lowell, John, 438.

Lower Classes of New England, 75-

76, 102, 242, 332, 337-338, 348, 359,
362, 396, 402, 425, 427, 481; of the
South. See Slavery; of the West,
501-502.

Loyalists, the American, 82, 107-108,
110, 125, 181, 241, 260, 381.
Lyric Quality in Literature, 216; in
Southern poetry, 495, 498, 499.
"Lyrical Ballads," Wordsworth and
Coleridge's, 68, 145, 159, 162, 189,
191, 290.

Madison, James, 117, 118, 120, 150.
Magazines in America. See Periodi-
cals.

Maine, woods of, 334, 425, 429.
Manufactures of New England, 152,
244, 245, 249, 440.
Marlborough, Duke of, 19, 21, 32,
61, 62.

Marlowe, Christopher, 207, 217.
Marshall, John, 118, 120, 485.
Mary Stuart, Queen, 26.
Massachusetts, 26, 27, 28, 31, 45, 78,

94, 110, 120, 122, 192, 193, 234, 253,
255, 262, 263, 278, 351, 356, 358,
360, 450, 459, 510.
Massachusetts Historical Society,
31, 261, 262, 263, 267, 274.
Materialism in New York, 451-454,
463; throughout America, 468,

505.
Mather, Cotton, 44-54; 33, 35, 42,
43, 70, 71, 75, 78, 82, 95, 136, 233,

245, 263, 279, 287, 288, 311, 313,
334, 409, 436-437, 439.
Mather, Increase, 32, 43, 44, 45, 46,
83, 95, 233, 261.

Mather, Richard, 27, 32, 37, 44.
Medicine, the Profession of, in Amer-

ica, 193, 236, 408–409.
Melodrama, 213–214, 432.
Melville, Hermann, 229.
Merchants of New England, 71-73,
76, 236, 237, 240-244, 439.
Methodism, 66, 74-75, 97, 374.
Mexican War, 401.

Middle States, or Colonies, 157-230;
36, 78, 79, 80, 154, 262, 291, 372,
449, 463-464, 480, 526, 527.
Milton, John, 20, 21, 23, 24, 37, 42,

55, 65, 68, 69, 136, 387, 523.
Minto, William, 206.
"Mirror," the New York, 223, 225,
226.

Mitchell, Donald Grant, 222.
Mitchell, Samuel Latham, his "Pic-

ture of New York," 171, 172.
Modern Languages and Literature,
study and influence of, in America,
264-265, 292, 296-297, 379-385,
390, 393-396. See Smith Profes-
sorship.

Monroe Doctrine, the, 150-151.
Moore, Thomas, 69, 193.

Morris, George Pope, 225.

Morse, John Torrey, Jr., his life of
Holmes, 438.

Motley, John Lothrop, 272-273; 170,
280, 371, 376, 437, 438.

Music, in New England, 296, 297, 309.
"Mutual Admiration" in Boston,
444.

Mystery, Sense of, in America, 163,
167, 179, 213, 214, 218, 418, 429,
432.

NAPOLEON, 61, 62, 128-129,

139, 140, 150.
Napoleon III., 151.

"Nasby, Petroleum V.," 512-513,
515.

"Nation," the, 453, 454.
Nationality, in general, 3. See Lan-

guage; of America, 77. See Ideals.
National Traits of Elizabethan Eng-
land (Spontaneity, Enthusiasm,
and Versatility), 19, 21-24, 25, 27,
64, 67, 69, 522; evident in America,
28, 33, 53, 55, 75-77, III, 112, 115,
131, 332, 445-446, 522-524, 529.
Nature, Sense of, in American Books,

273, 333-335, 361-363, 389, 493,
497-498. See Description.
Navy, the American, 181, 244.
Negro Minstrel Shows, 510.
Nelson, Lord, 62, 68, 139, 145.
Newburyport, 343, 360.
New England, 26, 27, 28-34, 35-43,
45-53, 55, 70-76, 78-79, 108, 152,
154, 190, 221, 226, 229, 230, 233-
446, 449, 455, 462, 465, 471, 480,
489, 493, 501, 504, 513, 514, 523,
526, 528-530.

"New England Primer," 36.
New Hampshire, 248, 249, 253, 360,

455.

New Haven, 51, 84, 120, 124.
New Jersey, 80, 130, 181, 466.
Newman, Cardinal, 526, 528.
New Orleans, 73, 233, 486.
Newspapers in America, 79, 157, 183,

187, 193, 201, 202, 209, 211, 225-
226, 229, 230, 309, 342, 360, 365,
400, 449, 455, 458, 507-513, 514-
515, 517, 518.

Newton, Sir Isaac, 25, 32.

New York, 79, 114, 120, 130, 154,

157, 163, 182, 190, 191, 192-197,
201, 204, 205, 210, 219, 225, 226-
230, 233, 234, 262, 280, 290, 308,
309, 338, 372, 374, 405, 449-464,
465-466, 472, 478-479, 489, 501,

504, 505, 513, 514, 515.
Nile, Battle of the, 60, 61, 62, 68,
139, 145, 146.
"North American Review," the, 194,

197, 255, 262, 267, 272, 291, 302,
370, 404, 436, 443, 453-

North and South, Divergence of, in

America, 27-28, 151, 495. See

Precocity in literature, 197, 360.
Prescott, William Hickling, 268–271;
267, 272, 275, 280, 371, 438; his
Life of Brockden Brown, 159, 160.
Present Time, the, 514-518.
Prince, Thomas, his "Annals," 263.
Princeton College, 79, 83, 85, 130.
Printing-presses in America about
1800, 157.

Prohibition in America, 103, 506.
Property, Right of, 340, 344, 345, 346,
356.

Prose, in the Evolution of Litera-
ture, 5, 167; in America, 44-52,
78-82, 84-89, 94–101, 162–164, 172–
176, 191, 206-214, 216, 222-223,
226, 230, 246-276, 312-314, 320-
324, 335-336, 353-355, 404-405,
417-420, 422, 425-435, 459-461,
466, 483, 488, 507-513, 514-518,
528; in England, 5, 22-25, 37, 53,
65, 66, 146-148, 154, 174, 184, 201,
206, 526, 527, 528.

Protestantism, 70. See Liberalism.
Public Speaking, Popularity of, in

New England, 246-249, 255, 317.
"Puck," 453, 461.

Puritanism, in England, 14, 20, 24,
25, 29, 31, 33, 107, 517, 523; in New
England, 28-31, 33, 38, 42, 44, 46,
48, 50, 52, 55, 70, 74, 75, 95, 102,
120, 163, 184, 294, 296, 299, 309,
310, 371-372, 416, 423, 429, 430,
432-433, 434, 446, 469, 523, 524,
525, 529. See Calvinism.
Purity of Temper, Instinctive in
America, 189, 217, 218, 276, 307,
310, 327, 405, 424, 434, 445-446, 517.

Raymond, Henry Jarvis, 455.
Refinement in American writings,
180, 203, 218, 228.

Reform Bill of 1832, 107, 140-141,

145, 146, 148, 198, 220, 290, 525,

526.
Reformers in New England, 229, 245,
300, 303, 304-305, 338, 339–340,
359, 371, 372, 398, 416, 441, 528.
See Antislavery Movement, Brook
Farm.

Regency, of George IV., 139, 147.
Relaxation of Social Pressure in

America, 33, 53, 89, 102, 501. See
Density, Inexperience.

Religion in New England. See Cal-

vinism, Puritanism, Unitarianism.
Religion and Life, in America, 90,
95-100, 102-103.

Religious literature in America. See
Theological.

Renaissance, of Europe, 17, 178, 245,
259, 297, 394.

Renaissance of New England, the,
233-446; 154, 206, 245, 258-259,
303, 372, 429-430, 469, 514, 528-
530.
Representation, conflicting theories
of, 107, 116.

Restoration, the, 13, 21, 24, 29, 31,
523.